Monday, December 31, 2018

Thank You, Elisha Manning

Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah

And what were the locations in the Land of Israel in which he lived and acted?As we read in II Kings 2:-Abel-meholah in the Jordan ValleyJerichoSamariaBeth ElGilgalShunemThose locations, and others he visited, are not in some 'West Bank', which I would term an "illegal designation", but in Eretz-Yisrael, the Land of Israel, and particularly in Judea and Samaria, the heartland of the Jewish national homeland. And even across the Jordan River.Elisha himself is described in II Kings 5:3 as

About Me

American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.